

Physical moves use your attacker's Attack stat against your target's Defense stat, while Special moves use your attacker's Special Attack stat against the target's Special Defense stat. In nearly every game type in Pokémon, the goal is to make all six of your opponent's Pokémon faint, and this is generally done by using moves to deal damage.Īll attacking moves are either Physical or Special moves. You probably already know that Water is super-effective against Fire and not very effective against Grass, but it's easy to beat the game without learning anything deeper. "Mechanics" are what we call the way the game works. Just remember, no one wins 100% of the time, and the important part is to win more often than you lose in the long run. But on an even playing field, critical hits and 10% secondary effects on moves become a lot more frustrating. In the games, your advantages balance out a lot of the bad luck you could get. The role of luck can be an unpleasant surprise. Much strategy revolves around predicting what your opponent will do and acting accordingly. And if you switch out your Fire-type into a Grass-type to handle that Water-type, they might predict that and use Ice Beam. They'll be switching out into a Water-type. If you have a Fire-type against their Grass-type, don't expect your opponents to leave it in to die. The biggest difference from the games is that competitively, switching happens all the time. Unlike the AI in the games, your opponents will also have max-level fully-trained teams, and more importantly, they will figure out your strategy, and they'll do their best to deal with it. When you're used to playing against trainers and wild Pokémon in the games, playing against other humans can be a bit of a shock. And maybe one day, you'll be one of them.

Here, you'll learn the techniques the best of the best use to win in competitive Pokémon.

And maybe, just maybe, you're ready to take the next step. Maybe you consider "Nuzlocke challenge" an oxymoron. So maybe you've beaten the Elite Four more times than you can count.
